How to Use absolve in a Sentence
absolve
verb-
The hurt that led them to commit the felony does not excuse or absolve the crime.
— Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al.com, 30 June 2019 -
Gwyn has been absolved from taking the blame for the five swings and misses.
— Randy Sachs, star-telegram, 24 May 2018 -
That is not to absolve leaders from the many mistakes that were made.
— Carter Malkasian, Time, 19 Sep. 2021 -
But again, to be clear, this doesn’t absolve Smith’s acts in any manner.
— Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Apr. 2022 -
But that doesn’t absolve me from spending time with her.
— Atlanta Life, ajc, 6 Oct. 2017 -
The bidders can’t be completely absolved from the drop in the Scout24 share price that laid the ground for their return.
— Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 1 May 2019 -
That would absolve these women, who in fact share those ends.
— Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023 -
No, this is not an attempt to absolve the Spurs of everything.
— Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 11 Feb. 2020 -
The Tuscaloosa mayor's campaign said Cobb was not absolved from blame.
— Howard Koplowitz, AL.com, 25 Apr. 2018 -
My point is also not to absolve the president of any blame.
— Samuel Goldman, The Week, 1 Sep. 2021 -
The move will absolve him of the need to publicly state that Tehran is in compliance every 90 days.
— Stephen Collinson, CNN, 9 Oct. 2017 -
Doctorow’s goal isn’t to shame those readers, nor to absolve them.
— Andy Greenberg, Wired, 12 Oct. 2020 -
But that may still not absolve the company in a wrongful death case.
— Rob Wile, NBC News, 21 June 2023 -
Woody Allen went under legal scrutiny twice at the end of the ’90s and was absolved.
— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 July 2023 -
Toward the end of their meeting, Biden seems to absolve Parnas.
— Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024 -
The report largely seems to absolve the current pope, Francis, of blame.
— Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 11 Nov. 2020 -
Vera was absolved of the charges against her last month; Rapa’s case is on appeal.
— Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2018 -
But do not use grief as a tool to absolve him of his abusive behavior.
— refinery29.com, 27 June 2018 -
Shrove is rooted in the word shrive, which means to absolve, and people often go to church to confess their sins.
— Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2023 -
In this case, the most far-fetched theories are those that absolve Russia.
— The Economist, 14 Apr. 2018 -
Cruz continued to plead for Carlson to absolve him of his sins.
— Brian Stelter, CNN, 6 Jan. 2022 -
Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing.
— Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024 -
The first few lives Nora tries on are those that absolve her biggest regrets.
— Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2021 -
This doesn’t absolve him of the legal jeopardy mentioned above.
— Philip Bump, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2018 -
Those who chose to invest may have egg on their faces, but their negligence does not absolve Holmes of fraud.
— Jessica A. Roth For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 4 Jan. 2022 -
Watch on Deadline Ryan Reynolds tried to quell the storm today with a response that absolved Curtis.
— Bruce Haring, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024 -
The towering solo shot tied the score 4-4 and absolved rookie Patrick Sandoval of a loss.
— Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2019 -
But will buying a Lightning absolve me of my sins against nature?
— John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022 -
Weiss argued in both cases that the pardon does not absolve Hunter Biden of his guilt nor point to any defect in his indictment.
— Ella Lee, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024 -
John Andrew Ramsey has been vocal about his younger's sister murder investigation and has worked to absolve his family of any suspicion.
— Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 26 Nov. 2024
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